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uredo

[ yoo-ree-doh ]

noun

, Pathology.
  1. a skin irritation; hives; urticaria.


uredo

/ jʊˈriːdəʊ /

noun

  1. a less common name for urticaria
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of uredo1

1700–10; < Latin ūrēdō blast, blight, burning itch, equivalent to ūr ( ere ) to burn + -ēdō noun suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of uredo1

C18: from Latin: burning itch, from ūrere to burn
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Example Sentences

Occasionally it happens that a uredo-form will infect a species where it ordinarily fails.

They are attached to the filaments of the mycelium, as in Uredo segetum.

The disc which has produced the Uredo spores now gives rise to the resting spores, and so the cycle is complete.

The spores of both these species of Uredo may be found in most kinds of flour and bread, especially in those of inferior quality.

But he saw in it a genus of cryptogams, differing from the genus Uredo.

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